The Doors of Perception

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classics –The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in the one book, in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the mind’s remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness.

In 1953, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers, was transformed. Huxley described his experience with breathtaking immediacy in The Doors of Perception.

In its sequel Heaven and Hell, he goes on to explore the history and nature of mysticism. Still bristling with a sense of excitement and discovery, these illuminating and influential writings remain the most fascinating account of the visionary experience ever written.

‘The Doors of Perception is a poignant book, partly because it reveals the human frailties and yearnings of a very cerebral writer’ ~ Financial Times

Specifications
Artist/ Author:  Aldous Huxley, Foreword by J.G. Ballard
Condition: Used, Good condition, no marks or writing, yellowing to inner first page. Image of actual book.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2004
Number of Pages: 144
ISBN: 9780099458203
Publisher: Penguin, Vintage Classics
Dimensions: H19.8cm x W12.8cm x D0.9cm, approximately